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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sunita Bapusaheb Salunkhe
Contact: 87****9535
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- LGD code
- 564649
- Pincode
- 415108
- Post office
- Shivanagar
- Population
- 3,739
- Households
- 747
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Sex ratio
- 963 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,678
Census 2011 · in context
How Rethare Kh. compares
By population, Rethare Kh. ranks #33 of 216 villages in Karad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.9%
+5.6% vs mandal average
Rethare Kh.79.9%
Karad mandal74.3%
Satara district74.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
963
−11 vs mandal average
Rethare Kh.963
Karad mandal974
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.3 vs mandal average
Rethare Kh.5.0
Karad mandal4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rethare Kh. at a glance
Rethare Kh. is a village of 3,739 people in 747 households (Census 2011) in Karad taluka, Satara district, Maharashtra, the 33rd-largest of 216 villages in Karad taluka. Literacy is 80%, 6 points above the taluka average of 74% and the sex ratio is 963 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 415108, served by Shivanagar post office; the LGD village code is 564649. The sarpanch is Sunita Bapusaheb Salunkhe, and the village votes in Karmala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil. The population is estimated at 4,408 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rethare Kh.
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Karad
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 64
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 637
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 106
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rethare Kh.
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rethare Kh.
- LGD code
- 564649
- Pincode
- 415108
- Post office
- Shivanagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,739
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,408
- Households
- 747
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 963
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madha
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karmala
- Member of Parliament
- Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narayan (Aba) Govindrao Patil
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sunita Bapusaheb Salunkhe
- Block / Mandal
- Karad
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-15
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)